Peter P. wrote:
>> I remember reading in the early days of Byte magazine that there was one
>> outfit which advertised in the magazine (I can't for the life of me 
>> remember
>> which one, but it was successful) that would think up something that they
>> figured they could probably develop, take out an ad, and then if they got
>> enough orders, would actually develop and ship the product.
>
> Yes, but now it's so mainstream that the largest software and hardware 
> companies
> have specialized departments that brainstorm and put out several such ads 
> per
> month, each.

Citations?

Vitaliy 

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